bookrandom Chapter 539: I, Li Yunlong, was wrong and I must take responsibility for my actions. This time, I re
Chapter 539: I, Li Yunlong, was wrong and I must take responsibility for my actions. This time, I re
This made the scale of the conflict bigger and bigger. Shimazu Minamiichi also felt the seriousness of the situation and immediately dispatched a garrison battalion to reinforce. It took less than an hour to complete the disarmament operation of the naval aviation force and captured Sato Ichiro who was hiding in the pilot dormitory. Only then was the conflict completely over.
When Fujiwara Ichiro came out to clean up the mess, his face was terribly gloomy. Of the 41 fighter planes parked on the airport runway, only six were intact, and the remaining 35 were severely damaged, and some were even no longer worth repairing.
Seeing Shimazu Nan'ichi's face full of revenge, Fujiwara Ichiro wanted to beat him up. He asked gloomily, "Shimazu-kun, I gave you the order to seize the naval aviation fighter planes, but you ended up doing this. Don't you feel a little bit ashamed?"
Shimazu Nanichi replied with a smile on his face: "Fujiwara-kun, everything I did was to help you, otherwise I would never do such a stupid thing. We have already torn our relationship with the naval aviation force, there is no need to show any mercy. We must expand the dispute between the naval and land aviation forces to the dispute between the navy and the army. Only in this way can we have a chance of survival."
"Even if I snatch back all the fighter planes of the Navy Air Force, there is a huge difference between our driving styles. If we really go to the battlefield, we will only lose the lives of our warriors in vain. The telegram sent by Colonel Nagata is proof of this. Most of the lost fighter planes were from the Navy Air Force, and we only lost three of our own fighter planes. This further proves that the Navy Air Force's achievements are useless to us."
"I used drastic measures to let the naval aviation destroy the fighter planes themselves, so we can get rid of the blame, and more importantly, it can get you out of the danger. Our commander is only thinking about protecting himself. If he had listened to Dr. Newei's advice and released the plague in advance, there wouldn't be so many problems. But in order to save Sato Ichiro's face, he repeatedly delayed the time of action. Otherwise, how could there be so many problems?"
"Now that we have no fighter planes, we have a reason not to go out. Otherwise, Fujiwara-kun, you will be responsible for helping Li Yunlong break out successfully. I am saving you, so don't think I am harming you. Given the relationship between you and me, I will only pull you out of the abyss, not push you into it."
Fujiwara Ichiro was completely blinded by anger just now, and did not see the good intentions of Shimazu Nan'ichi at all. He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and asked in a serious tone: "Shimazu-kun, I believe what you said for the time being. Now I am facing a huge trouble. That is, Nagata-kun's interception operation against the enemy has failed. Should I continue to order them to continue intercepting, or should I let them return directly?"
Shimazu Nanichi replied with a gloomy face: "Fujiwara-kun, what Nagata-kun did this time is really disappointing. He only shot down four enemy planes in total. Such a record is really not good enough. It has become a shame for our 36th Air Wing! You must not order him to come back. You should let him wash away this shame. No matter what, we must fight a 1:1 record. Otherwise, we really can't explain to the headquarters."
"Only our 36th Air Wing has suffered heavy losses. The Commander can't do anything to us. The five fighter planes on the runway must also be dispatched to provide support. Whether we can win in the end is secondary. We must show a positive attitude so that those who defend us will have something to say in the future."
Fujiwara Ichiro's face gradually became firm, and he gave an order in a serious tone: "Send a telegram to Colonel Nagata immediately and ask him to go to Linjia Bay to intercept the enemy planes. It is already 4:50 pm, and it will be dark in more than an hour. Have the ground crew refuel the five fighter planes that can still be used on the runway. They must be dispatched within half an hour."
Under the command of Ichiro Fujiwara, it took less than 20 minutes for five Zero fighters to successfully take off from the temporary runway of Taiyuan Airport and fly towards Linjia Bay.
At this time, a fierce air battle was going on in Linjia Bay. Colonel Nagata had no way to retreat, so he adopted a life-for-life strategy, which caused great trouble to Gao Yuntian and Liu Haishan. The air fight between the two sides miraculously fell into a stalemate. After fighting for a full ten minutes, neither side lost a single fighter plane. Instead, the real casualties were the Japanese soldiers stationed in Linjia Bay. Bombs kept falling from the sky, making them angry and cursing.
"Nomura, contact the air force immediately and tell them to drive away the enemy air force as soon as possible. We have already suffered more than 300 casualties. If the enemy continues to bomb, the number of casualties will increase dramatically. In particular, the enemy's ground attack aircraft must be destroyed as soon as possible, otherwise our casualties will at least double." Colonel Noda gave the order with an anxious look on his face.
Major Nomura quickly contacted Ichiro Nagata and informed him of the request, but Colonel Nagata was now in a difficult situation, completely entangled by Liu Haishan and unable to escape. In addition, the enemy was strong and we were weak, which made Colonel Nagata miserable. He had no mind to care about the Noda Squadron below, and all his mind was on the current air battle.
This air battle under the setting sun lasted for a full hour before it ended. After receiving reinforcements from five fighter planes, Colonel Nagata failed to turn the situation around. In the end, he returned to the Taiyuan temporary airport with only six Zero fighters and three Type 99 dive bombers.
Under the slightly dark night, the air force battalion immediately began to return. At this time, Li Yunlong led the main force of the armored regiment to attack the position garrisoned by the Noda Battalion. It took only 35 minutes to completely break through the position garrisoned by the Japanese. It took half an hour for all the vehicles of the armored regiment to pass through the second line of defense of the Japanese and rushed towards the third line of defense of the Japanese.
"College student, it's a good thing you asked Sanwazi's anti-aircraft battalion to prepare in advance, otherwise we would have suffered a great loss this time. The damn Japanese were really insidious. They actually used a suicide charge to break through the air force battalion's defense line and dispatched 12 bombers and three Zero fighters, which brought us huge trouble."
"The tank unit led by Zhang Dabiao had eight tanks directly destroyed by the Japanese. The armored vehicle unit led by Shen Quan suffered even greater losses, with 22 armored vehicles directly destroyed by the Japanese. If the anti-aircraft battalion had not been quickly deployed, our casualties would have been several times greater. I really made the mistake of underestimating the enemy this time, otherwise the Japanese would never have seized the opportunity to launch a successful sneak attack!" Li Yunlong reflected on himself with a sad face.
Lin Zhenhua knew that Li Yunlong was not to blame for this matter. No matter who was in this position, it would be impossible to do better. He quickly comforted him, "Old Li, you are not to blame for this matter. I did not expect that the Air Force Battalion would be able to allow the Japanese to successfully launch a surprise attack. If we talk about responsibility, my responsibility is much greater than yours."
"Our armored vehicles are weakest when they are moving, and they cannot provide effective air defense. When I return, I will find a way to solve this problem. I plan to install a rocket launcher and a machine gun on them. When we encounter a similar situation in the future, we will not be in the embarrassing situation of having no weapons available."
"As for the air defense battalion, it also needs to undergo large-scale improvements. The reason is very simple. The deployment speed during the war was too slow, which led to our early losses being so great. This is indeed a very profound lesson. Only in actual combat conditions can the effectiveness of weapons and equipment be truly tested. This is also the fundamental reason why I want to follow the battle."
"The three-wheeled motorcycle air defense system that we had high hopes for before is not reliable at all in actual application. It is impossible to fire while moving. Moreover, after the installation of the rack, it is very difficult for the members inside to get on and off, and it is impossible to fight while moving. I will find ways to improve it after I go back."
"Even the transport vehicles carried by our transport battalion must be equipped with anti-aircraft weapons. In the future, we must pay more attention to threats from the air. Previously, we all thought that the Japanese air force would not pose much of a threat to us, and the armored forces could fully cope with various dangers. However, actual combat has taught us that the armored forces are still powerless against the Japanese fighter planes and have become sitting ducks."
"In order to destroy our armored forces, the Japanese also spent a lot of money and even adopted the tactic of combining man and machine. From this point, it can be seen that the Japanese are much crazier than we imagined, and they are definitely not the cowards we thought. Their combat power is still stronger than ours."
"Today I discovered something strange. The Japanese pilots kept making mistakes in their operations. They were so stupid as to send their planes into battle. Even a novice wouldn't be so stupid. I suspect there's something wrong with the Japanese air force. We got news earlier that the 16th Flying Division stationed in Taiyuan is composed of two naval aviation brigades and one army aviation brigade. I think the problem lies here."
"The internal strife among the Japanese is a good thing for us. We must seize this opportunity to quickly break through the third line of defense, and then start a day and night forced march to reach the protection range of our air force battalion as soon as possible."